Synopsis
How a tiny island in the Mediterranean is changing the face of immigration in Europe, with the arrival of over 40,000 migrants from Tunisia and Libya.
- Programme: This World
- Episode: The Invasion of Lampedusa
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Migration
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